Watch |  Spicer: GCHQ may have helped Obama spy on Trump  —  The US has made a formal apology to Britain after the White House accused GCHQ of helping Barack Obama spy on Donald Trump in the White House.  —  Sean Spicer, Mr Trump's press secretary, repeated a claim on Thursday evening …

Rex Tillerson Rejects Talks With North Korea on Nuclear Program  —  SEOUL, South Korea — Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson ruled out on Friday opening any negotiation with North Korea to freeze its nuclear and missile programs and said for the first time that the Trump administration might …

Conservative Fantasies, Colliding With Reality  —  This week the Trump administration put out a budget blueprint — or more accurately, a “budget” blueprint.  After all, real budgets detail where the money comes from and where it goes; this proclamation covers only around a third of federal spending …

Sources: Sean Hannity once pulled a gun on Juan Williams  —  Sean Hannity is surrounded by jackasses.  —  The Wall Street Journal columnist who called Hannity the “dumbest anchor” on Fox News is a “jackass,” according to Hannity.  The forensic psychologist who suggested a blood vessel had popped inside Hannity's brain is a “jackass.”

Five 9th Circuit Judges Dish Out Ruthless Take Down to Anti-Trump Travel Ban Decision  —  In one of the most ruthless opinions issued of fellow panel judges, five judges from across the political spectrum in the Ninth Circuit went out of their way to issue an opinion about a dismissed appeal …

Freedom Caucus aligns with Bannon in risky Obamacare gambit  —  Steve Bannon was furious.  —  Last weekend, the Washington Examiner published a story claiming that President Donald Trump had vowed to back primary challengers to run against Republicans who oppose the GOP's health care plan.

Snoop Dogg, Bow Wow and an Ill-Advised Retweet  —  Amid the thousands of tweets that fly from the keyboards of journalists every day, occasionally comes one that sets off an alarm: “Whoops.  Should I have said that?”  Wednesday afternoon, that bell should have sounded shortly …

Former Texas Congressman Steve Stockman accused of violating federal election law  —  HOUSTON - Steve Stockman, who served two stints in the U.S. House of Representatives, spent part of Friday in federal court.  —  Stockman, a Tea Party favorite who courted controversy thorough two congressional terms …

Whom to trust when it comes to health-care reform?  Trump supporters put their faith in him.  —  NASHVILLE — Soon after Charla McComic's son lost his job, his health-insurance premium dropped from $567 per month to just $88, a “blessing from God” that she believes was made possible by President Trump.

The blow-it-all-up billionaires … Last December, about a month before Donald Trump's inauguration, Rebekah Mercer arrived at Stephen Bannon's office in Trump Tower, wearing a cape over a fur-trimmed dress and her distinctive diamond-studded glasses.  Tall and imposing, Rebekah …

Trumpcare's Lonely, and Seedy, Supporter  —  The Republican health bill doesn't have many outside supporters.  Groups representing doctors, nurses, hospitals, retirees, patients of various diseases and even insurers have all criticized it.  Some of the only outside praise has come …

Sen. Susan Collins says she can't support House ACA replacement in current form  —  The moderate Republican says ‘Older people living in rural America would be really left behind.’  —  Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Thursday that she opposes the House Republican health care bill being debated in Congress.

Tom Cole: Trump's Proposed Cuts To NIH, CDC Are ‘Short-Sighted’  —  Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), a top Republican who sits on the House Appropriations and Budget Committees, on Friday morning signaled he was not on board with all of President Donald Trump's proposed cuts in his budget blueprint.

Trump's questionable Irish proverb, Paul Ryan's ‘despicable’ pint and other St. Patrick's Day mishaps  —  The day began with a cringe-worthy, mildly offensive Irish cliche in front of a room-full of Irish people, and it all went downhill from there.  —  “Top of the morning,” …

‘All I Can Do Is Trust in Paul Ryan’  —  Bob Woodson likes to boast that he has “been screwed by the most famous and most influential people in Washington.”  At 79, the sprightly, swaggering community organizer and civil-rights veteran has spent decades in D.C. lobbying on behalf of the urban poor …

Inside Breitbart News: 'We're Not A Hate Site'  —  As one of President Donald Trump's favorite news sources, Breitbart News has been called a lot of names, including “Trumpbart,” a “platform for the alt-right,” and anti-Semitic.  —  But in an exclusive interview, editor-in-chief Alex Marlow said that the site has been misunderstood.

Man held after his father and brother found with throats slit in Paris  —  Police in Paris have launched an investigation after two men, a father and his son, were found with their throats slit in the French capital.  Another son has been arrested in connection with the murders.

House OKs Bill Allowing ‘Mentally Incapacitated’ Veterans To Buy Guns  —  The House has approved legislation allowing veterans who are “mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent” or prone to blackouts to buy guns.  Critics of the bill say it could raise the suicide rate among veterans …